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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: TIMITE ANGE <timiteange01@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 07:00:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Miss TIMITE ANGE


Miss TIMITE ANGE
Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire.

Sir,
I hope that you are alright, healthwise? To God be the glory.
In a short introduction, I am Miss TIMITE ANGE only daughter of Mr TIMITE VALY of the blessed memory, a Cocoa merchant based in Abidjan and Ghana (Accra). My father was a rich commercial Cocoa merchant that operated in some countries of Europe, America and the Asian countries. According to my father, my own mother died when I was approximately five years old of age, which means that I did not know my mother very well.
The history is that my father Mr TIMITE VALY was poisoned by his colleagues and he died 27/01/2002 in a private hospital here has Abidjan. But before he died, he called me on his bedside, patiently and informed me that he deposited the sum of US$ 9.600 000.00 ( Nine million, Six hundred thousand US dollar) in a security company here in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire.
The only problem is that my father asked me to find a foreign associate who will help me to claim the consignment which contains the money from the security company here in Cote d'Ivoire. I humbly request for your assistance to transfer this funds to your account and to also seek your honest assistance and worthy of confidence to help me to move this money over there before it will be blocked by this present administration due to the recent rebellious crises in this country.
Now, here are the things I request from you:
1. I will present you to the security company as my late father's foreign business partner that wants to assist me to claim the box from their custody.
2. To help me and invest this money in a profitable businesses in your country. Please, I hope that you will grant and look at this with the favour and much understanding of my situation.
3. You will assist me to claim the box from the security company and transfer the fund to your account. I need someone with high level of confidence to transfer this money in his account and to assist me to come over to your country to continue my education.
4. For your kind assistance, I will offer you 20% of the total amount for your efforts. Please this transaction is strictly confidential.
Thank you and that God bless you for your assistance.

Best regards,

Miss TIMITE ANGE


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